Two additional factors in the association between overweight and childhood asthma: Inhaled corticosteroids and recurrent respiratory infections
Michela Silvestri,
Michela Silvestri
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Mariangela Tosca,
Mariangela Tosca
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Roberta Olcese,
Roberta Olcese
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Giovanni Arturo Rossi,
Giovanni Arturo Rossi
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Giorgio Ciprandi,
Corresponding Author
Giorgio Ciprandi
IRCCS-Teaching Hospital, University of San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Giorgio Ciprandi, MD, Semeiotica e Metodologia Medica I, DIMI, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy. Email:
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Michela Silvestri,
Michela Silvestri
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Mariangela Tosca,
Mariangela Tosca
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Roberta Olcese,
Roberta Olcese
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Giovanni Arturo Rossi,
Giovanni Arturo Rossi
Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini Institute
Search for more papers by this author Giorgio Ciprandi,
Corresponding Author
Giorgio Ciprandi
IRCCS-Teaching Hospital, University of San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Giorgio Ciprandi, MD, Semeiotica e Metodologia Medica I, DIMI, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 15 February 2012
No abstract is available for this article.
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